Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-24
MISCELLANEOUS

An English sparrow has gone to
housekeeping beside the window of an
Auburn, Me. lady, who sits and looks
into the nest while she sews. The nest
is set solidly against the glass.
Fifteen ostriches have just been
Matched from nest of seventeen fertile
eggs at Mount Fairview ostrich farm,
near San Diego, Cal. "This is the best
record ever made in America."
William Mcdaniel, who died few
days ago at Los Angeles, Cal, was a
miser. In the banks he had So, 800, and
nearly $500 was found secreted in the
cracks of the house in which he died.
His death was caused by the lack Of
proper food.
Papa, wish you would buy me a
foot pad,' said little girl to her
father as he was about to 60 down
town. ''You mean liver pad, " replied
the old gentleman. s'No, / mean foot
pad, as | have an awful pain in the
crown of my foot. . Chicago National
| Democrat.
My mother writes me that she has
almost two heads The chicken when
starting to run folds the two hind legs;
when tired he will fix them 50 as to
form a seat to sit on.-PGttSfeZd me-.
! advertiser.
"A Georgia negro and mule got at
it the other day to see who or which
was the best man. The mule used his
heels and the negro club, and after
several knock downs the mule gave in
and agreed to behave himself in the
| future.-Detr0it Free Press.
Several weeks ago Mss Emma Mer
riam, of Bristol, Conn, had her scalp
torn off by her hair catching in the
machinery in mill. Now she is having
new one made by the grating process.
| Several friends came forward and con-
tributed bits of skin.
One of the crack shots of Louisiana
recently said that he had engaged in
| his last live pigeon shooting match. He
pronounced it cruel in the extreme, and
said that others who engaged in the
last match hold the same opinion, since,
with but one or two exceptions, they
shoot under an assumed name.
An English paper tells wild tale
about an old German who has invented
safe that on its lock being tampered
with throws open its doors. seizes and
drags and locks in the burglar, and
handouts and holds him in readiness
to be conducted to the police court IN
the morning.-PbiladelphiG Press.
Omaha man Gin amazemenD D-"Ten
dollars yard for such stuff as that?"
Wife (yery naturally mistaking the
cause of his surprise-''That' all; isn't
it bargain? Only ten dollars, just
think of it. y "Why, it's scarcely half
width" go, don't worry about that,
dear. was careful to make allowance
for that and got twice as many yards
as usual. "-O Omaha World.
There is Miss Ahl living in Ap-
ping County, about ten miles from
Baxley, Ga, who is ten years and two
months old and weighs $50 pounds.
She weighed at the age of seven years
140 pounds. She is no higher than chill
dren usually are at her age, so you may
Judge she is sight. Persons who have
seen her say she is as broad as she is
long.
The Western Penitentiary of Penn
sylvania can make cocoa mats so
cheaply, as a speciality, that outside
manufacturers have about abandoned
the market. Now, however, by the New
York law just passed. substantial pro-
lection is given the trade by the form
idable tag which the goods must wear
in that State: Convict Made, 1887.
Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. +"
-Wayback man-''No use talking.
Thirteen is an unlucky number"
Omaha mani don't believe any such
superstition" eff you'd lost brother
the way I did you'd believe it.. 'What
happened to him?'' 'He didn't believe
any of those old superstitions, either,
and one day he took thirteen big drinks
of whisky, hand runnin', on wager,
and the thirteenth dose killed him
deader'n a mackerel. Omaha World.
The development of coal and
natural gas in far-off localities is Civ
ing an impulse to numberless little in
dustries hitherto dependent on distant
fuel. Natural gas is found in Dakota
and Texas, and they are after it in
Colorado. Natural gas is plenty in
Utah, and much money is being di-
verted to it's utilization. A sixty-mile
pipeline is to be laid from the Indiana
field to Chicago, and this enterprise
has stimulated manufacturers of arti-
fetal fuel to furnish fuel gas as cheap
as natural gas for manufacturing pur-
poses. Public Opinion.
The fifteen great American inven-
tions of worldwide adoption are: 1,
the cotton-gin; 2, the planing-machine;
8, the grass mower and reaper;l4, the
rotary printing press; 5, navigation by
steam; 6, the hot-air engine; z, the sew
ing machine; s, the India rubber in
dustry; 9, the machine manufacture of
horsehoes; 10, the sand-blast for cary
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